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Topic: Compaticard IV problem |
IBM Portable PC
Replies: 1
Views: 54570
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 6:35 am Subject: Compaticard IV problem |
I can CCFORMAT D: /S successfully, and read the disks on other PC's.
However, I cannot DIR or copy files to drive D:
PCDOS 7, DRDOS 6 & MSDOS 622 display "no files" i.e. an empty d ... |
Topic: IBM 5161 & DMA? |
IBM Portable PC
Replies: 1
Views: 57646
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 1:26 am Subject: IBM 5161 & DMA? |
Okay, DMA is not an issue.
Bus Mastering cards would be, however I'm told 8 bit ISA did not support bus mastering, it was part of the AT 16 bit upgrade. |
Topic: IBM 5161 & DMA? |
IBM Portable PC
Replies: 1
Views: 57646
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 1:08 am Subject: IBM 5161 & DMA? |
Obviously it works with the IBM HDC, what about other cards requiring DMA like a Compaticard IV FDC etc?
Strangely, most of the 16 bit ISA (not 8 bit) ISA bus expansion options in later years could ... |
Topic: IBM 5161 Receiver card and planar wanted? |
IBM Portable PC
Replies: 0
Views: 58955
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 12:30 pm Subject: IBM 5161 Receiver card and planar wanted? |
Anyone have any spares? |
Topic: BP Microsystems BP-1600 BPDOS? |
IBM Portable PC
Replies: 1
Views: 57036
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 12:29 pm Subject: BP Microsystems BP-1600 BPDOS? |
Does anyone have a version of BPDOS that does not require Windoze?
I've heard 3.21 does not, however I'm hoping to fnd a later version. |
Topic: ICE!s (In circuit emulators) |
IBM Portable PC
Replies: 0
Views: 55741
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:24 am Subject: ICE!s (In circuit emulators) |
Does anyone have a Zax Corp 8088 or 8086 ICD?
Any other ICE recommendations? |
Topic: Definicon 68020 coprocessor drivers? |
IBM Portable PC
Replies: 0
Views: 54179
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:36 am Subject: Definicon 68020 coprocessor drivers? |
Here's a card commissioned by Byte magazine from Definicon, anyone ever heard of it or have drivers? |
Topic: Applied Reasoning Corp - ISA PC-Elevator 386 Co-pro Drivers? |
IBM Portable PC
Replies: 0
Views: 55413
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:19 am Subject: Applied Reasoning Corp - ISA PC-Elevator 386 Co-pro Drivers? |
Does anyone have drivers for this card? |
Topic: PC-XT homemade? |
IBM Portable PC
Replies: 15
Views: 64082
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:59 am Subject: Re: PC-XT homemade? |
I have build elector magazine solid state floppy and run my ms-dos from this one!
What edition of Elektor was this in? |
Topic: Floppy to USB host adaptor or CF cards. |
IBM Portable PC
Replies: 3
Views: 16591
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:25 am Subject: Floppy to USB host adaptor or CF cards. |
These are NOT usb floppy drives!
These devices connect to a standard Shugart 34 pin FDC and give you either floppies emulated on CF cards or on a USB flash drive i.e. they contain a USB host interf ... |
Topic: Going Flash on an XT |
IBM Portable PC
Replies: 98
Views: 201244
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:53 am Subject: Going Flash on an XT |
See http://www.ssd.gb.com/products/SCSI-BridgeEmulators-to-CF/SCSI-1,2-50pin-DiskDriveEmulator-to-CF/index.php |
Topic: Floppy to USB host adaptor or CF cards. |
IBM Portable PC
Replies: 3
Views: 16591
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:27 am Subject: Floppy to USB host adaptor or CF cards. |
Search for "floppy drive emulator" on Ebay.
Has anyone tried one of these with an XT or AT.
See also http://torlus.com/floppy/ and http://www.datastorage.fr/fr/DTX200en.html for additi ... |
Topic: Going Flash on an XT |
IBM Portable PC
Replies: 98
Views: 201244
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:00 am Subject: PowerMonster |
Do a search for "powermonster" on EbAy. It's a SCSI to CF adaptor in a 2.5" drive form-factor. Very nice and ideal for XT's etc.
I have another SCSI to IDE adaptor for Addonics howev ... |
Topic: XT ISA VGA - Which card? |
IBM Portable PC
Replies: 20
Views: 50821
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:37 am Subject: Video 7 EGA/VGA 8bit ISA Card |
I've just installed one of these cards and cannot seem to get past the POST video card error beeps and nothing is coming out of the VGA connector:
1. DIP switches on motherboard are correct.
2. I' ... |
Topic: WANTED: Microsolutions Compaticard IV FDC |
IBM Portable PC
Replies: 5
Views: 12618
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:06 pm Subject: Success! |
I have finally installed my Compaticard IV and it works extremely well. I can now boot from any floppy drive and of course it handles 1.44M disks without any issues (2.88M also).
The card was not ... |
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